Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things? : Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation / Robert Bartlett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartlett, Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian martyrs--History.

Christian martyrs.

Christian saints--History.

Christian saints.

Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Church history.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (815 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From its earliest centuries, one of the most notable features of Christianity has been the veneration of the saints-the holy dead. This ambitious history tells the fascinating story of the cult of the saints from its origins in the second-century days of the Christian martyrs to the Protestant Reformation. Robert Bartlett examines all of the most important aspects of the saints-including miracles, relics, pilgrimages, shrines, and the saints' role in the calendar, literature, and art.The book explores the central role played by the bodies and body parts of saints, and the special treatment these relics received. From the routes, dangers, and rewards of pilgrimage, to the saints' impact on everyday life, Bartlett's account is an unmatched examination of an important and intriguing part of the religious life of the past-as well as the present.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

PART I. Developments

Chapter 1. Origins (100-500)

Chapter 2. The Early Middle Ages (500-1000)

Chapter 3. The High and Later Middle Ages (1000-1500)

Chapter 4. The Protestant Reformation

PART II. Dynamics

Chapter 5. The Nature of Cult

Chapter 6. Saints' Days

Chapter 7. Types of Saint

Chapter 8. Relics and Shrines

Chapter 9. Miracles

Chapter 10. Pilgrimage

Chapter 11. Dedications and Naming

Chapter 12. Images of the Saints

Chapter 13. The Literature of Sanctity

Chapter 14. Doubt and Dissent

Chapter 15. Reflections

Glossary

Bibliography of Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 641-733) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780691169682

0691169683

9781400848782

1400848784

OCLC:

1132226997